Pencil-holder



(No Model.)

O. R. PIHL. PBNOIL HOLDER.

No. 597,295. Patentedjavll, 1898.

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OLAF PIHL, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

PENSIL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,295, dated January 11, 1898.

` Application filed April 22, 1897. Serial No. 633,330. (No model.)

To LLZZ whom' it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAF R. PIHL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Ore-` gon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencilllold ers,of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to pencil ola-sps or holders, the construction and advantages of which will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective Views showing two forms of my holder as viewed from the front; Fig. 3, a perspective view looking from the rear, wherein a different form of attachin g means is shown; Fig. 4:, a plan view of the blank from which the holder shown in Fig. 1 is formed, and Fig. 5 a perspective view illustrating'a modified form.

The object of my in vention is to produce a cheap, simple, and efficient holder without any movable or attached parts which may become separated or disengaged by Wear or usage and one which may at the same time be readily and securely attached to the apparel of the user. To this end I have devised the construction shown in the drawings, wherein the holder is formed of one piece of sheet metal stamped out and bent to form.

In Fig. 4: the blank is shown in its completed condition ready to be bent to form the holder shown in Fig. 1. Said blank may be made of any sheet metal possessing the req uisite spring and elasticity and comprises a central section-A, laterally-projecting arms B B, formed with ribs a, 'and vertical arms C C, connecting the central section and the arms B. Arms C are provided at each end with prongs or teeth I), and said arms form the back of the holder.

It will be noticed upon reference to all the figures, and particularly Fig. 4, that the arms C are cut away slightly upon their inner edge at c, the point of junotion with the central section A. This permits the inner edges of the arms C being brought close together without bringing the opposite parts of section A together at this point when it is bent to form the central loop D. In .bending the blank to form the central-section is formed into the loop D, said loop being so shaped as to present a concave face d upon each side.

Arms B are curved, as shown, the rounded ends being bentin slightly beyond the Outer end of loop I) and forming, with the concave face d, a substantially Circular opening, into which a pencil or the like may be inserted and thereby held.

Ribs a give to the curved arms a certain and necessary degree of stiffness, while at the same time the arms spring enough to adapt themselves to the varying sizes of pencilsA which may be inserted.

In the form shown in Fig. l the body of the holder is bowed or sprun g, the prongs inserted in the cloth, and the body then allowed to spring back to its normal position, when it Will be found that the holder is securely fastened.

With the construction shown in Fig. 2, wherein the prongs are formed by cutting out of the adjacent edges of the arm C a wedgeshaped piece, the cloth to which itis to be attached may loe folded and the fold inserted between the points (dotted lines, Fig. 2) and then drawn apart, the points entering the cloth and securely fastening the holder in place, or one set of points may be bent, as is signed to accommodate three pencils or the like. The central section A is in that instance made long enough to be bent so as to form two projecting loops D intermediate the arms B.

In all the forms shown the arms C form an extended bearing or back for the holder, and in the forms shown in Figs. l and 5 the parts are integral, including the means for fastening the device. The absence of any soldered IGO joints or any movable or disconnected parts renders the device simple and necessarily highly efficient.

Having thus described my inventiongvhat I claim is- 1. A pencil-holder comprising a back; a loop extending forward from said back; and curved arms extending outward from each side of the baek and enrled or bent imvard into proximity to the loopm'hereby each arm is adapted to coact With the loop and to form therewith a pencil-retainer.

' 2. A pencil-holder comprising arms C O provided With fastening devices, a loop extending forward therefrom, and curved arms eX- tending,` from each side of said back around to- Ward the central loop, the parts being formed integral substantially as shown and described.

3. A pencil-holdercomprisin g arms C C provided With fastening devices; a loop D extending ontwardly therefrom from the proximate edges of said arms, and formed With the opposite concave faces d; and curved arms B extending from the outer edges of the arms 5. A pencil holder or clasp comprising a back; loops extending forward from said baek; and curved arms extending outward from each side of the back and curved or bent inward, one toward each loop, Whereby each arm is adapted to coact With one of the loops and to form therewith a pencil-retainer, and

the loops themselves form a third or intermediate retainer.

In witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

OLAF R. PIHL. Witnesses:

E. C. CoMsTocK, DA'VID B. OGDEN. 

